Jeremiah 6:29

The bellows blow fiercely; the lead is consumed by the fire; in vain the refining goes on, for the wicked are not removed.

Proverbs 17:3

The crucible is for silver, and the furnace is for gold, and the LORD tests hearts.

Isaiah 49:4

But I said, "I have labored in vain; I have spent my strength for nothing and vanity; yet surely my right is with the LORD, and my recompense with my God."

Jeremiah 9:7

Therefore thus says the LORD of hosts: "Behold, I will refine them and test them, for what else can I do, because of my people?

Ezekiel 24:13

On account of your unclean lewdness, because I would have cleansed you and you were not cleansed from your uncleanness, you shall not be cleansed anymore till I have satisfied my fury upon you.

Hosea 11:7

My people are bent on turning away from me, and though they call out to the Most High, he shall not raise them up at all.

Zechariah 13:9

And I will put this third into the fire, and refine them as one refines silver, and test them as gold is tested. They will call upon my name, and I will answer them. I will say, 'They are my people'; and they will say, 'The LORD is my God.'"

Malachi 3:2-3

But who can endure the day of his coming, and who can stand when he appears? For he is like a refiner's fire and like fullers' soap.

1 Peter 1:7

so that the tested genuineness of your faith--more precious than gold that perishes though it is tested by fire--may be found to result in praise and glory and honor at the revelation of Jesus Christ.

1 Peter 4:12

Beloved, do not be surprised at the fiery trial when it comes upon you to test you, as though something strange were happening to you.

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

The bellows are burned, the lead is consumed of the fire; the founder melteth in vain: for the wicked are not plucked away.

Bible References

The founder

Jeremiah 9:7
Therefore thus says the LORD of hosts: "Behold, I will refine them and test them, for what else can I do, because of my people?
Proverbs 17:3
The crucible is for silver, and the furnace is for gold, and the LORD tests hearts.
Zechariah 13:9
And I will put this third into the fire, and refine them as one refines silver, and test them as gold is tested. They will call upon my name, and I will answer them. I will say, 'They are my people'; and they will say, 'The LORD is my God.'"
Malachi 3:2
But who can endure the day of his coming, and who can stand when he appears? For he is like a refiner's fire and like fullers' soap.
1 Peter 1:7
so that the tested genuineness of your faith--more precious than gold that perishes though it is tested by fire--may be found to result in praise and glory and honor at the revelation of Jesus Christ.
1 Peter 4:12
Beloved, do not be surprised at the fiery trial when it comes upon you to test you, as though something strange were happening to you.

General references

Leviticus 14:43
"If the disease breaks out again in the house, after he has taken out the stones and scraped the house and plastered it,
Isaiah 5:4
What more was there to do for my vineyard, that I have not done in it? When I looked for it to yield grapes, why did it yield wild grapes?
Ezekiel 22:24
"Son of man, say to her, You are a land that is not cleansed or rained upon in the day of indignation.

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